# Kantapukur Village, Khandaghosh, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Khandaghosh, Barddhaman 

# Kantapukur

Kantapukur is a village in Khandaghosh sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,079 people in 469 households**, the 26th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 2,079people (2011)
- 469households
- 82.8%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantapukur

Of every 100 households in Kantapukur in 2011, 60 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kantapukur · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**56%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****45%**

**81%

Use banking services ****73%**

**70%

Television ****53%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**19%

Own their home ****82%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kantapukur?

■ Kantapukur · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.8%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1081**

**960

Working population ****32.7%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 75.8% for women. 57% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 71 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 75 (11%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 395 (58%) · **■** Marginal 127 (19%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Khandaghosh

- Gaitanpur2,640 people
- Shashanga2,333 people
- Saranga2,237 people
- Khejurhati2,179 people
- Amral2,070 people
- Keudia1,982 people
- Huria1,980 people
- Metedanga1,865 people

[All 111 villages in Khandaghosh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/khandaghosh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantapukur?2,079 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantapukur in?Barddhaman district (Khandaghosh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantapukur?82.8% (Census 2011)